He had responded to a few Pakistani tweeps later as well. Adeel Hashmi was one of them. He went on to tweet the cartoon made by Pakistani cartoonist Sabir Nazar for Samaa TV and appreciated the art, saying that he had said those hateful things over ‘too many provocations’.

Kapoor had his hopes as late as Hardik Pandya’s late outburst when he sent Shadab and other spinners for big sixes late in the Indian innings but eventually gave up when the last Indian wicket also fell for 158 and Pakistan registered a historic win over the arch rivals in a major ICC tournament.